Kyla Scanlon
The Catalyst
Ideas with a spark, energy, range and the ability to start things.
Kyla Scanlon is The Catalyst because she does not merely explain the economy, she activates people inside it. Her conviction that 'people are the economy' collapses the wall between lived experience and economic literacy, turning abstract data into something personally urgent. Coining frameworks like 'vibecession' to name what official metrics miss, and deliberately pulling more people 'into the fold' through consequence-driven storytelling, Scanlon leads by converting audiences into participants.
“The goal is just like talk about econ more, make it more interesting for people, bring more people into the fold, because not only will they learn more and hopefully make better decisions, but it can also put a lot of people on a path they might not have gone on.”
“People are the economy. Everything that we do is the economy. A coffee cup is an economic transaction — the labor, the beans, the supply chain, all of those things.”
“The vibe session is an element of structural affordability. Inflation going down doesn't mean prices are going down. There's a structural affordability being captured in people's vibes that doesn't show up in the broader economic data.”
Masters in Business: “Fostering Financial Literacy with Kyla Scanlon”
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